COVID-19 Resources

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Mid-Pen has partnered with Agile Force, who will conduct drive-through PCR COVID-19 tests on campus. This service will be available to our students, their immediate family members, and our staff. Our first testing date was Tuesday, January 19.

If you don’t plan on physically returning to campus, you will not need to undergo testing.

Instructions for January 19 COVID-19 Testing

To ensure our January 19 testing process runs smoothly, please make sure to do the following:

1. Schedule Your COVID-19 Test. If more than one individual in your immediate family will be tested, please schedule one time slot per family member. Please sign up by January 12. Clicking on the link will take you to Agile Force’s scheduler. It will ask you to pick a time on January 19, and then it will ask for some basic information. If the individual receiving the COVID-19 test is uninsured,, please print out and complete an Uninsured Patient Form.
2. Print and fill out the Patient Test Request Form.
3. If necessary, print and complete an Uninsured Patient Form.
4. Bring all paperwork, including a photocopy of your health insurance card, to the testing site on the day of testing. You will turn these documents into the technician conducting the test.

If you have questions about Mid-Pen’s COVID-19 testing plan or need assistance with signing up for a test, please contact Jorge Rodriguez, Mid-Pen's COVID-19 Testing Coordinator, via email at jorge@mid-pen.org.

Directions to Testing Location 

As a reminder, please wear a mask until testing technicians tell you to remove it.

• Please aim to arrive no earlier than 5 minutes before your appointment time.
• Driving north on Willow Road, proceed past the Mid-Pen driveway to the very next parking lot entrance.
• Approach the location marked “Check In” and follow staff instructions.
• You will be directed to one of the canopied testing stations, marked 1 and 2.
• If cars start to back up, you will be directed to line up per the dotted line. We need to avoid blocking traffic on Willow Road.
• Should the need arise, you may be asked to park until a testing station is open.
• Please remain in your car for the duration (unless directed otherwise).
• If you arrive on foot or bicycle, follow the directions of our staff. Please wear a mask.
• Once your test is complete, you will continue north through the parking lot and exit

Students who return for in-person learning must be tested every two weeks.

Agile Force will bill families’ insurance directly. If families are uninsured and need assistance with the cost of testing for their child(ren), parents/guardians should reach out to Jorge Rodriguez (jorge@mid-pen.org).

Per the FFCRA and CARES Act, health insurance providers must cover the cost of testing during the federal state of emergency for individuals seeking testing. Health insurance providers do not have the ability to tell a patient how often or where they must test.

We encourage our students to use our on-site testing offering. However, families can use their own provider if it is more convenient, and must provide Mid-Pen proof of testing/results to return to in-person learning.

We encourage students to be tested with the nasal PCR COVID-19 test as provided by Agile Force. The nasal swab test has been shown to provide the most accurate results.

If students opt for the Curative PCR COVID-19 test, please note this test has been indicated for use in symptomatic cases of COVID-19. The FDA recently issued a report that the Curative test has a risk of false negative results.